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Sanjay Ram to Neisseria meningitidis

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6.144
  1. Lewis LA, Ram S. Complement interactions with the pathogenic Neisseriae: clinical features, deficiency states, and evasion mechanisms. FEBS Lett. 2020 08; 594(16):2670-2694.
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    Score: 0.642
  2. Lewis LA, Panicker S, DeOliveira RB, Parry GC, Ram S. Effect of a C1s Inhibitor on the Efficacy of Anti-Capsular Antibodies against Neisseria meningitidis and Streptococcus pneumoniae. Immunohorizons. 2019 11 05; 3(11):519-530.
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    Score: 0.628
  3. Lewis LA, Rice PA, Ram S. Role of Gonococcal Neisserial Surface Protein A (NspA) in Serum Resistance and Comparison of Its Factor H Binding Properties with Those of Its Meningococcal Counterpart. Infect Immun. 2019 02; 87(2).
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    Score: 0.595
  4. Agarwal S, Vasudhev S, DeOliveira RB, Ram S. Inhibition of the classical pathway of complement by meningococcal capsular polysaccharides. J Immunol. 2014 Aug 15; 193(4):1855-63.
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    Score: 0.434
  5. Lewis LA, Vu DM, Granoff DM, Ram S. Inhibition of the alternative pathway of nonhuman infant complement by porin B2 contributes to virulence of Neisseria meningitidis in the infant rat model. Infect Immun. 2014 Jun; 82(6):2574-84.
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    Score: 0.426
  6. Lewis LA, Vu DM, Vasudhev S, Shaughnessy J, Granoff DM, Ram S. Factor H-dependent alternative pathway inhibition mediated by porin B contributes to virulence of Neisseria meningitidis. mBio. 2013 Oct 15; 4(5):e00339-13.
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    Score: 0.413
  7. Shaughnessy J, Lewis LA, Jarva H, Ram S. Functional comparison of the binding of factor H short consensus repeat 6 (SCR 6) to factor H binding protein from Neisseria meningitidis and the binding of factor H SCR 18 to 20 to Neisseria gonorrhoeae porin. Infect Immun. 2009 May; 77(5):2094-103.
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    Score: 0.300
  8. Welsch JA, Ram S. Factor H and neisserial pathogenesis. Vaccine. 2008 Dec 30; 26 Suppl 8:I40-5.
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    Score: 0.296
  9. Granoff DM, Welsch JA, Ram S. Binding of complement factor H (fH) to Neisseria meningitidis is specific for human fH and inhibits complement activation by rat and rabbit sera. Infect Immun. 2009 Feb; 77(2):764-9.
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    Score: 0.294
  10. Madico G, Ngampasutadol J, Gulati S, Vogel U, Rice PA, Ram S. Factor H binding and function in sialylated pathogenic neisseriae is influenced by gonococcal, but not meningococcal, porin. J Immunol. 2007 Apr 01; 178(7):4489-97.
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    Score: 0.262
  11. Madico G, Welsch JA, Lewis LA, McNaughton A, Perlman DH, Costello CE, Ngampasutadol J, Vogel U, Granoff DM, Ram S. The meningococcal vaccine candidate GNA1870 binds the complement regulatory protein factor H and enhances serum resistance. J Immunol. 2006 Jul 01; 177(1):501-10.
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    Score: 0.249
  12. Ram S, Cox AD, Wright JC, Vogel U, Getzlaff S, Boden R, Li J, Plested JS, Meri S, Gulati S, Stein DC, Richards JC, Moxon ER, Rice PA. Neisserial lipooligosaccharide is a target for complement component C4b. Inner core phosphoethanolamine residues define C4b linkage specificity. J Biol Chem. 2003 Dec 19; 278(51):50853-62.
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    Score: 0.206
  13. Beernink PT, Ispasanie E, Lewis LA, Ram S, Moe GR, Granoff DM. A Meningococcal Native Outer Membrane Vesicle Vaccine With Attenuated Endotoxin and Overexpressed Factor H Binding Protein Elicits Gonococcal Bactericidal Antibodies. J Infect Dis. 2019 03 15; 219(7):1130-1137.
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    Score: 0.150
  14. Beernink PT, Shaughnessy J, Stefek H, Ram S, Granoff DM. Heterogeneity in rhesus macaque complement factor H binding to meningococcal factor H binding protein (FHbp) informs selection of primates to assess immunogenicity of FHbp-based vaccines. Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2014 Nov; 21(11):1505-11.
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    Score: 0.110
  15. Del Tordello E, Vacca I, Ram S, Rappuoli R, Serruto D. Neisseria meningitidis NalP cleaves human complement C3, facilitating degradation of C3b and survival in human serum. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014 Jan 07; 111(1):427-32.
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    Score: 0.105
  16. Lewis LA, Ram S. Meningococcal disease and the complement system. Virulence. 2014 Jan 01; 5(1):98-126.
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    Score: 0.103
  17. Granoff DM, Ram S, Beernink PT. Does binding of complement factor H to the meningococcal vaccine antigen, factor H binding protein, decrease protective serum antibody responses? Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2013 Aug; 20(8):1099-107.
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    Score: 0.101
  18. Brookes C, Kuisma E, Alexander F, Allen L, Tipton T, Ram S, Gorringe A, Taylor S. Development of a large scale human complement source for use in bacterial immunoassays. J Immunol Methods. 2013 May 31; 391(1-2):39-49.
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    Score: 0.099
  19. Lewis LA, Carter M, Ram S. The relative roles of factor H binding protein, neisserial surface protein A, and lipooligosaccharide sialylation in regulation of the alternative pathway of complement on meningococci. J Immunol. 2012 May 15; 188(10):5063-72.
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    Score: 0.093
  20. Vu DM, Shaughnessy J, Lewis LA, Ram S, Rice PA, Granoff DM. Enhanced bacteremia in human factor H transgenic rats infected by Neisseria meningitidis. Infect Immun. 2012 Feb; 80(2):643-50.
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    Score: 0.090
  21. Ray TD, Lewis LA, Gulati S, Rice PA, Ram S. Novel blocking human IgG directed against the pentapeptide repeat motifs of Neisseria meningitidis Lip/H.8 and Laz lipoproteins. J Immunol. 2011 Apr 15; 186(8):4881-94.
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    Score: 0.086
  22. Ram S, Lewis LA, Rice PA. Infections of people with complement deficiencies and patients who have undergone splenectomy. Clin Microbiol Rev. 2010 Oct; 23(4):740-80.
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    Score: 0.084
  23. Serruto D, Spadafina T, Ciucchi L, Lewis LA, Ram S, Tontini M, Santini L, Biolchi A, Seib KL, Giuliani MM, Donnelly JJ, Berti F, Savino S, Scarselli M, Costantino P, Kroll JS, O'Dwyer C, Qiu J, Plaut AG, Moxon R, Rappuoli R, Pizza M, Aric? B. Neisseria meningitidis GNA2132, a heparin-binding protein that induces protective immunity in humans. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010 Feb 23; 107(8):3770-5.
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    Score: 0.080
  24. Welsch JA, Ram S, Koeberling O, Granoff DM. Complement-dependent synergistic bactericidal activity of antibodies against factor H-binding protein, a sparsely distributed meningococcal vaccine antigen. J Infect Dis. 2008 Apr 01; 197(7):1053-61.
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    Score: 0.070
  25. Lewis LA, Ram S, Prasad A, Gulati S, Getzlaff S, Blom AM, Vogel U, Rice PA. Defining targets for complement components C4b and C3b on the pathogenic neisseriae. Infect Immun. 2008 Jan; 76(1):339-50.
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    Score: 0.068
  26. Schneider MC, Exley RM, Ram S, Sim RB, Tang CM. Interactions between Neisseria meningitidis and the complement system. Trends Microbiol. 2007 May; 15(5):233-40.
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    Score: 0.066
  27. Massari P, Ram S, Macleod H, Wetzler LM. The role of porins in neisserial pathogenesis and immunity. Trends Microbiol. 2003 Feb; 11(2):87-93.
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    Score: 0.049
  28. Beernink PT, Shaughnessy J, Pajon R, Braga EM, Ram S, Granoff DM. The effect of human factor H on immunogenicity of meningococcal native outer membrane vesicle vaccines with over-expressed factor H binding protein. PLoS Pathog. 2012; 8(5):e1002688.
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    Score: 0.023
  29. Beernink PT, Shaughnessy J, Braga EM, Liu Q, Rice PA, Ram S, Granoff DM. A meningococcal factor H binding protein mutant that eliminates factor H binding enhances protective antibody responses to vaccination. J Immunol. 2011 Mar 15; 186(6):3606-14.
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    Score: 0.021
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